Edith Carter
Edith Carter was an English stage actress and playwright, who was active in the 1920s-30s.
She was the sister of the novelist John L. Carter, the aunt of the mystery and detective novel author Emery Bonett and the sister-in-law of author and playwright Winifred Carter.
Plays
- Treasures in Heaven 1912
- Lass o' Laughter 1922 - Queen's Theatre
- Educating a Husband 1923 - Southend Rep Theatre
- Certified Imam 1924 - Theatre Royal, Castleford
- Uncle Hiram Here 1925 - "Q" Theatre
- The Lovely Liar 1927
- The Two Mrs. Camerons. A Play in Three Acts - Q Theatre, London and Townley Street Sunday School by the CS Players, January 1945; published 1936/1937
- Wanted-a Wife. A Play in Three Acts - Q Theatre, London; published 1936/1937
- From Duckling to Swan: Woman Can Be Beautiful 1948
John L. Carter
Edith Carter's brother, John Louis Justin Carter, was also an author and playwright, who wrote under several pseudonyms. He adapted at least one of her plays into a novel.Known works
- Peggy the Aeronaut 1910 - as J. L. J. Carter
- Nymphet - 1915 as Compton Irving Carter
- Come Day, Go Day 1922 - as John L. Carter
- Educating a Husband: From the Play of that Name by Edith Carter 1926 - as Compton Irving Carter
- White Sheikh. A Novel 1935 - as Compton Irving
- His Lady Secretary. A Comedy in Three Acts 1938 - as Compton Irving
- Daughter of Egypt 1937 - as Compton Irving
- Wings to the Peacock 1939 - as Compton Irving noy